Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:34:24 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: mwlucas@michaelwlucas.com Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packages and base jails Message-ID: <CAJuc1zMPAHKT-88JC=pRhM20C5PbabR=T3Nw-KH2x-yK%2BggE_g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20181126202407.GA95942@mail.michaelwlucas.com> References: <20181126202407.GA95942@mail.michaelwlucas.com>
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 09:26, Michael W. Lucas <mwlucas@michaelwlucas.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm writing a book on jails and am looking for BCP. I'd like to > present either "This is the approved solution and should work" or > "these are the gotchas with any of these, choose your pain." > > Folks want base jails to include packages, but also want to install > additional packages--which won't happen if /usr/local is mounted > read-only in the base jail. IIRC, ezjail uses a standard basejail tree, but mounts a writable /usr/local, /etc. You can replicate the jails easily, and populate them with a standard set of packages which can then be added by the end-user. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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